Berniiard strauss



No. 6|7,200. Patent-ed Jan. 3, 1899.

B. STRAUSS. BURNER ATTACHMENT.

(Application filed Jan. 5, 1897.) (No Model.)

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Norms Pm ms 00., PMUTO-LITHCL. WhSHINGmN, n 6' BERNHARD STRAUSS,

OF NElV YORK, N. Y.

BURNER ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 617,200, dated January 3, 1899..

Application filed January 5,1897. Serial No. 618,104.. (No model.)

To (all whom it nta/y concern:

Be it known that I, BERNHARD STRAUSS, of New York, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Burner Attachments, of which the following is a f ull, clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to appliances for gaslighting; and it consists of the hereinafterdescribed burner attachment for transforming an ordinary lighting-burner into a Bunsen burner, and vice versa, without necessity of removing or exchanging any of its parts.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is an elevation of my combined gas-fixture; Fig. 2, a top view; and Fig. 3 is a sectional view thereof, the latter showing the parts in such position that the illuminating-burner is transformed into a Bunsen burner and showing also a supportingbracket for a vessel connected to the fixture. Fig. 4. is an attachment adapted to be set onto the burner as a support for a curling-iron. Fig. 5 is a top view of the support for the vessel shown in Fig. 3 in elevation. Fig. 6 is an elevation of the lower part ofmy burner attachment, showing a modified manner of fixing it to the burner-tube.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all views.

Ordinary gas-burners are provided with tips having a narrow aperture. The flame produced by burning the gas flowing through the aperture of the tip on such burners cannot well be used for cooking or heating.

The object of my invention is to provide such an attachment to an ordinary lightingburner that may be permanently combined therewith and will permit its use for lighting and also for heating or cooking purposes at will.

The attachment consists of a burner-tube a, sleeve a, socket 'c, and handle cl. The tube a, open on both ends, is slid on the burner j, normally resting on rim 6 of the burner-socket when not in use for its designated pu'rpose,and supportedin position when in use by post f, secured in flange g of the burner-socket and standing parallel with burner. Post f, made of spring-wire and .passing through the hole h of the boss 0, is

0 and p.

preferably curved in the shape shown in the drawings to sustain the tube a when lifted in position shown in Fig. 3 for the purpose of transforming the flame of the burner-tip Nut 76, screwed on the top of the post f, limits the motion of the tube a. In addition to the bending of the post f I use screw Z of the handle at as 'aset-screw to secure the burner attachment in uplifted position when aheavier object is to be set on top of the burner. t

It is well known that by mixing air with the illuminating-gas before the flame is ignited a bluish, smokeless, and much more intense flame is produced. This is effected in my appliance by lifting the tube a, and the draft of air is regulated by adjusting .sleeve 0. in position. Sleeve a is turnable on tube a, being held in its position by pin 8, passing through slot 8 of the sleeve, and is provided with corresponding apertures b. By turning the sleeve a apertures b may be partly closed to regulate the. flow of air into the burner. The gas flowing from the burnertip '2: mixes with the air streaming in through apertures b and b and passes upward to the mouth of the tube a, where the mixture is ignited.

The attachment as illustrated in Fig. 1 is for the use on ambulant burners or fixed burners which are located underneath an appliance for holding'th-e object to be heated. For fixed burners used ordinarily for illumi nating purposes in rooms I provide the top of the sleeve a with grooves m, corresponding with ribs n in the sockets of the fixtures (Shown in Figs. at and 5, respectively.)

The attachment shown in Fig. 4 is. for a' curling-iron, a polishing-tool, or for similar utensils in the vertex of the flame, and the attachment shown in Fig. 5 is for a vessel (pot and the like) or for a flat-iron.

To make my invention available for the use of travelers, I include also in producing it the burner j, with the socket 6, provided with standard screw-thread to enable the user to readily attach the same to an ordinary gas-fixture. The post f may be dis pensed with and burner-tube a sustained on the burner j in the manner shown in Fig. 6. In this arrangement the tube'a is split on its lower end and a screw is passed through the bosses q and q. By turning the screw the parts q and q and the slot 4' are drawn together, thereby tightening the grip of tube a in burner j. This arrangement may be used where no heavy objects are to be heated on the burner. For all other purposes the construction shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 will be found preferable.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A gas-burner attachment, comprising a perforated tube, slid on the burner-tube underneath the tip, and adapted to slide thereon, the perforations in the tube being so placed as to be in proximity to the burnertip when the said tube is in its elevated position and means for sustaining the tube in position when lifted above the burner-tip.

2. A combined lighting and heating burner for gas, comprising a burner-tube with a flanged socket, a lighting-tip set in its top; a perforated tube, slid on the burner-tube underneath the tip and movable thereon, the

perforations in the tube being so placed as to be in proximity to the burner-tip when the said tube is in its elevated position, and means for sustaining it thereon in position when lifted above the tip.

3. A gas-burner attachment, comprising a perforated tube, set on the burner-tube underneath the tip and adapted to slide thereon to bring the perforations approximately in line with the tip, a boss secured to the perforated tube near its lower end provided with a bore, a post secured in the socket of the burner-tube, and projecting through the bore of the boss, and a set-screw, screwed in the boss, and adapted to secure the perforated tube in its uplifted position.

In witness that I claim the improvements described in the foregoing specification I have signed my name in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

BERNHARD STRAUSS.

Witnesses:

HARRY CALHOUN, ROBERT VALENTINE MATHEWs. 

